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General Motors FM-2 Wildcat
BU 55404
“Time Capsule”
$695,000*
*Possible Discount if Current Owner Completes
Restoration
Engine:
Wright R-1820-76
“0” Time SMOH by
Cascade Engines
Propellers:
To Be Determined. Curtis Electric or Hamilton Standard.
Exterior:
Unpainted. Planned scheme To Be Determined by Buyer.
AVIONICS:
To Be Determined and Paid by Buyer.
Planned to have a hidden Comm and Transponder with
Interchangeable Gun Site or Garmin 496.
EQUIPMENT:
Stronger Tail Wheel Yoke
Drop Tanks
HISTORY:
Assigned to a carrier training squadron in Lake Michigan in June
of 1944. Landing accident on the 19th of
December 1944 after only 6 months of services. After
missing all of the wires on the USS Wolverine, 55404 dropped off
the bow hitting the water and sinking to over 250 feet.
After spending 48 years underwater, it was raised in December 1993. It originally went
to NAS Pensacola and spent a few years until it was traded out
with a full release from the Navy. It is now at Wild Warbirds
in south Texas to be returned to airworthy status. 55404 is a
time capsule, it still had the control lock in the storage
compartment, Phenolic fuse pliers in the fuse panel and even
paint chips on the gun blisters where spent shells would strike
while being discharged.
Click Here to view the Wildcat's Aircraft Profile
SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION UPON INSPECTION
Aircraft for sale as a project. Seller will discount price of
aircraft if contracted to restore the aircraft.
This aircraft is located in TX. Contact Courtesy Aircraft to
schedule a showing!
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